There are a ton of ways to stay active and physically fit in your life. This goal becomes even easier if you have a job that relates to personal fitness in some way. What are some career options for people who want to make physical fitness their full-time job? Which of these careers interests you the most and why?

Sensory adaptation of cutaneous temperature receptors some types of sensory receptors, like pain receptors, will continue to transduce pain until the stimulus is removed. other sensory receptors may respond with an initial burst in production of action potentials, but will “adapt” and over time action potentials will cease. sensory adaptation occurs, for example, with olfactory receptors for smell. procedure have the subject place one hand in an ice bath while simultaneously placing the other hand in a warm water bath (@40oc). the subject should keep their hands in the designated baths for two minutes. after two minutes, remove both hands and place both hands in a room temperature water bath. record your observations review questions 1. describe how each hand felt after taking them out of the designated water baths and placing them into the room temperature water bath. 2. define sensory adaptation and relate it to what happened to the temperature receptors in the subject’s hands. 3. list and describe sensory receptors that adapt, and sensory receptors that do not.

What is difference between an epidemic and a pandemic? a) an epidemic is a disease; a pandemic is a treatment. b) an epidemic is restricted to a local region; a pandemic is global. c) an epidemic has low mortality; a pandemic has higher mortality. d) an epidemic is caused by a bacterial infection; a pandemic is caused by a viral infection.

What disease is characterized by the unrestricted growth of abnormal cells on or in the tissues of the body? a) protozoan infection. b) cancer c) diabetes. d) coronary heart disease